THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: EL PROFE NOS DICE ABOUT THE REAL FIRST THANKSGIVING! RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT LOOKS AT AN EXHIBIT OF FOUND ART IN THE YA HECHO READYMADE IN THE BORDERLANDS AT THE TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND RECIPES FOR THANKSGIVING SIDE DISHES: GUACAMOLE AND CALABCITAS.
Well here we are again! Another great Thanksgiving! At least we hope it will be a great one for all of you Latinopians. And while its important to remember and embrace the many good things for which we can be grateful, we might want to remember that the notion of giving thanks is something not invented nor pertaining only to the Pilgrims. As El Profe Quezada tells us, the original first Thanksgiving celebration took place many years before the Pilgrims when Juan de Onate and his expedition crossed the Rio Grande at what is today El Paso, Texas and rested to celebrate a Thanksgiving meal to acknowledge the success of the perilous desert journey. This occurred in 1598, 23 years before the Pilgrims celebrated their Thanksgiving meal. Check out El Profe’s blog!
Also this week, Ricardo Romo returns with a look at a recent exhibit of “found art’ at the Tucson Museum of Art. The exhibit titled Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands looks at art work assembled by artists from both side of the border and couched in what art historian Tomas Ybarra Frausto has called Rasquachismo, a makeshift of what can be done with what is at hand. Ricardo’s posting is based on some photography of the exhibit by Latinopia’s Jesús Treviño. Check it out!
And, as you prepare your main course Turkey or ham dinner, we offer a couple of recipes for side dishes to your meal: Diane Velarde Hernandez’s recipe for Guacamole, sopa de fideo and enchiladas!
This year, unlike years before, we have had to celebrate Thanksgiving with the knowledge that so many of our decent, hardworking Latinos have been brutally detained and many deported from the lives they have been living for years and in many case for decades. We should be thankful that the excesses of the Trump policies have not been more heinous and we shoudl remember to help out those whom we can.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving at a time when we should be truly thankful.
Tia Tenopia